The effo may have had just under 2000 hours, but what were those hours comprised of?
If they were say 1600 hours doing circuits in a trainer as an instructor, then 300 hours on the bus he would have been out of his depth.
If they were say 500 hours single engine charter, 500 hours in a piston twin charter operation then the rest in something like a conquest or a kingair, the bus would have been a walk in the park and he should be all over it like a rash.
There is hours, then there is hours.